Careers in human services involve counseling and teaching in a wide variety of settings where people are assisted with transitions and difficulties in various life circumstances. Job descriptions typically include counselors, case managers, behavior specialists, group leaders, and mental health technicians, to name a few, and work in treatment facilities, community agencies, in home counseling, foster care, and institutional settings. Human service workers are major change agents that assess, plan, and implement programs for helping others gain solutions to personal, family, professional, and community problems.